Wooden war club - carved decoration, pointed at both ends – Objects

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Object Number 40-12-70/1889

Display Title Wooden war club - carved decoration, pointed at both ends

Descriptions

Inventory Description Club, ridged, tapered at both ends, anthropomorphic and incised one side

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Keriaka

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island

Materials Wood, Pigment?

Dimensions Overall: 133 x 5.9 x 3.8 cm (52 3/8 x 2 5/16 x 1 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 40-12-70/1889

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